It is highly essential to keep the roads and roadsides spic and span. Cleaner roads are safer roads. Maintaining a clean road involves the removal of litter and removal of leaves from the roads.
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Category: Roads & Highways
¨Raising large-scale infra funds is a difficult task¨
While the government and the RBI have eased norms and pushed for financing opportunities, actual benefits will take time to trickle down, says Vishwas Udgirkar, Senior Director, Deloitte India.
PPP: The prescription for infrastructure
Most infrastructure projects are generally characterised by time and cost overruns. Political factors impact time overruns more than cost overruns. The new government at the Centre has identified its top priorities and as expected infrastructure is high on the agenda.
Transport: Convergence & Connectivity
Lack of funds and investor confidence are two factors that are hurting the infrastructure sector. Efforts are needed to bring back the faith and money in the sector. FICCI´s India Infrastructure Summit 2014 focused on the theme ´Transport sector: Convergence & Connectivity
PPP: The prescription for infrastructure
Most infrastructure projects are generally characterised by time and cost overruns. Political factors impact time overruns more than cost overruns. The new government at the Centre has identified its top priorities and as expected infrastructure is high on the agenda.
Railroad connectivity for major ports
The government plans to work towards directly connecting all 12 major ports with railroads and start a roll-on-roll-off service to transport vehicles easily from factories
Gulf Petro acquires Shell´s Guj plant
The UAE-based oil company Gulf Petrochem has acquired the Royal Dutch Shell´s bitumen plant in Gujarat to meet the increasing demand for road construction products in West and North India.
IRB Infra wins MSRDC contract
IRB Infrastructure Developers has won a Rs 1,687 crore project from Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) for operation and maintenance ofan expressway along with a stretch of Mumbai-Pune NH 4.
Four-laning of Begambagh-Mahakal road
The four laning of Begambagh to Rudra Sagar road starting from Hariphatak Overbridge to Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh is back on track. Earlier the construction was halted due to issues pertaining to displacement of the residents
Old Goa-Panaji highway project
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar launched a four-lane highway project from Old Goa to Panaji, which will be numbered as ´Highway 17B´. The highway will have a separate lane for bikes as Goa tourists as well as residents use more bikes than other vehicles.




